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because i believe barack obama must be defeated, period. but i was saying we as in the voters might decide that. we need to give them a choice. it's not someone who is just a little different on the biggest issues of the day. that to me is what this race is really all about. making sure that we have a candidate that can defeat a democratic incumbent. there's only one democratic incumbent that has ever been defeated in the last 100 years in american politics. that was jimmy carter by ronald reagan. we tried before nominating moderates, someone who can appeal to folks in the big cities on the east coast and west coast. that's not what wins the elections. if you look at a rasmussen poll out a couple of weeks ago. in the swing states i lead barack obama by four points and governor romney loses by four points. not that he's going to do better in new york. we're not going to win new york. and him doing ten points better and still losing new york by 20 points doesn't matter. what matters is that you can win indiana, that you can win ohio. that you
because i believe barack obama must be defeated, period. but i was saying we as in the voters might decide that. we need to give them a choice. it's not someone who is just a little different on the biggest issues of the day. that to me is what this race is really all about. making sure that we have a candidate that can defeat a democratic incumbent. there's only one democratic incumbent that has ever been defeated in the last 100 years in american politics. that was jimmy carter by ronald...
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president obama is up a point or two in their polls. now, i don't think virginia's representative of the country. i do think the president has an edge in ohio. i expect him to win ohio. i expect him to win wisconsin, i think he's going to win iowa, and frankly, given democratic base in the other states, that's all she wrote. >> schieffer: let me go to you, lesley. i want to talk a little bit about pennsylvania. a lot of us were putting that pretty much in the democratic column a good way backs in this campaign, and now in the last week or so, you've seen the romney folks putting some money in there and saying they really think they have a chance. i'm not convinced whether they think they have a chance or whether they want us to think they have a chance. all of these things in pol tibs you always have to put it into context. what is the situation there? why are they putting this money in there? >> i would say the victory team and the romney team feel very confident that they-- they understand a couple of things we've talked about here. y
president obama is up a point or two in their polls. now, i don't think virginia's representative of the country. i do think the president has an edge in ohio. i expect him to win ohio. i expect him to win wisconsin, i think he's going to win iowa, and frankly, given democratic base in the other states, that's all she wrote. >> schieffer: let me go to you, lesley. i want to talk a little bit about pennsylvania. a lot of us were putting that pretty much in the democratic column a good way...
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making the case for the reelection of barack obama. pretty unclear on that-- >> romney would say, look, i have a 50-something-point economic plan. it's on my web site. go look at it. but you have to get-- >> a 49-point plan is almost not a plan. do you know what i mean? a speech about everything is a speech about nothing. boil it down. >> this is a key thing. i think democrats are beginning to clue into this. it's one of the reasons you're beginning to see a little panic over the president's reelection prospects and i have an essay about this in "time" this week. these a couple of binds on the economy. he can't say it's woefully inadequate without seeing to pass a negative judgment on his own time in office. he can't say it's terrific without seeming out of touch. so it's difficult what to say. and his solution ultimately always comes back to more deficit spending. and he can't really be full throated about that, either. that's why you get 54-minute speeches that are a little bit mealy-mouthed. >> schieffer: one of the reasons i didn't
making the case for the reelection of barack obama. pretty unclear on that-- >> romney would say, look, i have a 50-something-point economic plan. it's on my web site. go look at it. but you have to get-- >> a 49-point plan is almost not a plan. do you know what i mean? a speech about everything is a speech about nothing. boil it down. >> this is a key thing. i think democrats are beginning to clue into this. it's one of the reasons you're beginning to see a little panic over...
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i believe the obama campaign feels the same way. but it's simply another way of communicating with voters. >> schieffer: well, stephanie, do you think it's a little silly? >> well, bob, you know, i agree with eric that it is another mode of communication that we have now that we didn't have four years ago. i mean, in four 82-- eight years ago we didn't have facebook. so this is a continual building of new communication tools as we move through presidential elections. you know, it's not a replacement for a candidate laying out his agenda or his vision of where he wants to take the country. absolutely not. it is a simple mode of communication. the big users of it, in addition to the campaignes, are actually the media. that's where i see where the news is breaking and where trends are going. so i think it's effective tool but it's not a replacement for laying out larger debate that we're having in this country especially-- >> schieffer: but what about the criticism i hear from people on both sides that, you know, that mitt romney won't
i believe the obama campaign feels the same way. but it's simply another way of communicating with voters. >> schieffer: well, stephanie, do you think it's a little silly? >> well, bob, you know, i agree with eric that it is another mode of communication that we have now that we didn't have four years ago. i mean, in four 82-- eight years ago we didn't have facebook. so this is a continual building of new communication tools as we move through presidential elections. you know, it's...
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is a stark difference between president obama and mitt romney. mitt romney says he wants fewer teachers. that means larger classrooms. he says he wants fewer firefighters, that means less safety. rich people will probably still have good protection, working class people won't. he wants fewer police officers, that means we're in danger. there's a difference. he wants to create an economy, he wants to focus on manufacturing. with manufacturing comes research and development. with research and development the united states maintains its edge. without it, we lose our edge. >> bob: all right. i'm willing go to have to stop it there. thanks both of you for a very enlightening discussion. we're coming back with two of the world's most famous journalists, woodward and bernstein. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. mcallen, texas. in here, heavy rental equipment in the middle of nowhere, is always headed somewhere. to give it a sense of direction, at&
is a stark difference between president obama and mitt romney. mitt romney says he wants fewer teachers. that means larger classrooms. he says he wants fewer firefighters, that means less safety. rich people will probably still have good protection, working class people won't. he wants fewer police officers, that means we're in danger. there's a difference. he wants to create an economy, he wants to focus on manufacturing. with manufacturing comes research and development. with research and...
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obama didn't do that. obama has fought and fought and fought. the senate hasn't passed a budget for three years. that's called gridlock. so rather than do the clinton approach he's doing the obama approach which is gridlock. >> schieffer: mr. reich? >> if i may, i was there in the clinton administration and i saw what happened. in 1995 newt gingrich almost sunk the republican party and much of the country by using a kind of tactic that current republicans are using-- that is threatening to do absolutely nothing, say no to everything or to bring the government to an absolute halt. the republicans here and now, the republicans that the president has had to deal with are much more like gingrich in 1995. they said nothing no to absolutely everything the president has come up with. it's impossible to reach common ground with people who have no common ground and put forward no common ground. >> but, bob, the republicans and democrats passed a lot of legislation in '95 and '96. so if your storyline is correct, something must have been different then be
obama didn't do that. obama has fought and fought and fought. the senate hasn't passed a budget for three years. that's called gridlock. so rather than do the clinton approach he's doing the obama approach which is gridlock. >> schieffer: mr. reich? >> if i may, i was there in the clinton administration and i saw what happened. in 1995 newt gingrich almost sunk the republican party and much of the country by using a kind of tactic that current republicans are using-- that is...
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obama cowl make a gaffe. mitt would win the debates, go could send a flood to destroy all mankind. ( laughter ) so there's hope. >> schieffer: short of building an ark, what is romney's best chance. we'll ask new jersey governor chris christie, and one-time adversary, newt gingrich. so far romney is sticking to a familiar theme, but does he need to do more? >> i will lower the tax rate. he wants to creat to raise them. i'll create jobs and he'll kill them. also marsha blackburn, bob shrum, and larry sabato from the university of virginia center for politics. as we head into first presidential debate, we'll talk about the state of america at home and abroad with the distinguished panel. michelle rhee, former head of the washington, d.c. school system and founder of students first. economist mark zandi of moody analytics. bob woodward, author of "the price of politics" and hendrick smith, author of the new book "who stole the american dream?." it's all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs fro
obama cowl make a gaffe. mitt would win the debates, go could send a flood to destroy all mankind. ( laughter ) so there's hope. >> schieffer: short of building an ark, what is romney's best chance. we'll ask new jersey governor chris christie, and one-time adversary, newt gingrich. so far romney is sticking to a familiar theme, but does he need to do more? >> i will lower the tax rate. he wants to creat to raise them. i'll create jobs and he'll kill them. also marsha blackburn, bob...
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that's barack obama. and he he didn't do it by the way to create-- >> i heard-- >> i want to ask you a question on another topic. eric, i want to ask you about foreign policy for a moment. obviously, paul ryan knows his way around a budget, but is it a problem that neither of the two men on your ticket have any significant forepolicy experience? i mean we're in a time of great instability in the middle east, a civil war in syria. tensions with iran. is it a problem that these two men, while very experienced, don't have much experience on the world stage? >> i think paul ryan has the same amount of foreign policy experience that barack obama had when he was sworn in as president. look, paul ryan's been in the congress for 14 years, longer than barack obama when he decided to run for president. he's got oversight responsibilities for the budget, including the defense budget. he has leaders, governors, generals, members of the military brass calling him for advice and support for their programs. of course he
that's barack obama. and he he didn't do it by the way to create-- >> i heard-- >> i want to ask you a question on another topic. eric, i want to ask you about foreign policy for a moment. obviously, paul ryan knows his way around a budget, but is it a problem that neither of the two men on your ticket have any significant forepolicy experience? i mean we're in a time of great instability in the middle east, a civil war in syria. tensions with iran. is it a problem that these two...
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all the obama people have is a narrative. they attack on policy, which they will do, we can ask what is your policy? what is the policy on your side? and because they don't have one i think that puts them in a much weaker position. the key issue for the romney-ryan ticket to make a debate about the economy and who has a plan for turning it around. when you sit down and look at the ryan budget it's a plan to turn the u.s.a. around. it's not an austerity budget. it's a growth budget. and the problem obama-biden have is they don't have a plan. all they have is attack ads and that's not going to be enough. >> schieffer: if that's the plan, jeff, let me get back to what i said at the beginning, why are we talking about medicare and not the economy? clearly that's what we taught it in the beginning they were going to talk about. the romney campaign didn't quite agree with me here. maybe they think it's medicare and not the economy now. >> i don't think they think a medicare argument is going to win the day for them, but they're mor
all the obama people have is a narrative. they attack on policy, which they will do, we can ask what is your policy? what is the policy on your side? and because they don't have one i think that puts them in a much weaker position. the key issue for the romney-ryan ticket to make a debate about the economy and who has a plan for turning it around. when you sit down and look at the ryan budget it's a plan to turn the u.s.a. around. it's not an austerity budget. it's a growth budget. and the...
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so that's the obama campaign's approach. leverage it, david axelrod believes it can help the president recapture that change dynamic that was so powerful in 2008 that he was a change agent, he has changed the country and taken big risks and if you're motivated come along for the ride. will it be front and center? absolutely not. front and center will be, of course, we all know, the economy. >> o'donnell: john dickerson, what about that? for the romney team will they use that? >> romney does have an opening. if you think about this decision we've had these storms here in washington. a neighbor of mine, a tree fell in just missed his car. the neighbor's okay. the this is kind of like the president. 30% of the people didn't like this bill and mitt romney is benefitting from that. he's raised over $5 million after this decision and he's been able to consolidate his conservatives and tea party behind him. that was already happening but it's really happening now and small business people. governor romney says it's a job killer, th
so that's the obama campaign's approach. leverage it, david axelrod believes it can help the president recapture that change dynamic that was so powerful in 2008 that he was a change agent, he has changed the country and taken big risks and if you're motivated come along for the ride. will it be front and center? absolutely not. front and center will be, of course, we all know, the economy. >> o'donnell: john dickerson, what about that? for the romney team will they use that? >>...
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president obama is leading mitt romney by 19 points according to one poll. mitt romney will not win if it continues to have that big of a canyon of support. so mitt romney's campaign successfully was watching hillary rosen and jumped on those comments to make it look like this particular democratic advisers and others don't like stay-at-home moms. they even sort of put out this bumper sticker that say, "moms drive the economy," in which they used to sort of raise money, the mitt romney campaign. so this was one where the romney campaign tried to score some political points. but i don't think it's a manufactured controversy as some have called it. these controversies really pick at a scab of something that's really pulsing in the american electorate, a debate about women's rights, about women's role. we had the debate about contraception. and i think this is going to continue throughout this election because women not only make up 53% of the electorate, but they're also 50% of the workplace now. >> schieffer: ruth, you wrote today that there might be more con
president obama is leading mitt romney by 19 points according to one poll. mitt romney will not win if it continues to have that big of a canyon of support. so mitt romney's campaign successfully was watching hillary rosen and jumped on those comments to make it look like this particular democratic advisers and others don't like stay-at-home moms. they even sort of put out this bumper sticker that say, "moms drive the economy," in which they used to sort of raise money, the mitt...